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I iplf" "f 1 ' .li lVJlil 0 "OTP mwM iu o VOL VII. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 11,. 1861. NO. 23. uyiuuum SBAIJVAICDtfc BUUK1DGE, . LlTHOGRAPnERS, la Every Variety of Style, BANK STREET, "Oppoiltt WtddtU Souie, Cleveland, Ohio. J W. VANOI W. O.CS0MB.' VANCE & COOPER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MT. VERNON, OIHO 'Office lontheastcornor of Main and Chestnut sts pposlte Knox County Bank. sept20 O.IONH1T .....JOHN D. BOCBI BONNEY & ROUSE, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW AKD SOLICITOUS IN CHANCERY, 48 MAIN ST., PEOBIA, ILLINOIS. Particular attention given to Real Estate and VolWion oases throughout the State. n4S-ly WALTER II. SMITH, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, MT. VERNON, OHIO, toflloe (SB High Street, opposite the Court He n feb25tf HENRY S. MITCHELL, Attorney and Counsellor at Law AND NOTARY PUBLTI. OFFICE-Northside Kremlin Block, MT. VERNON, OHIO. WALL PAPER, WINEOW SHADES. 3000 PIECES WALL PAPER, 100 PIECES WINDOW SHADES TASSELS, CORD, AC, Just received at WARNER MILLER'S, nolttf MMIT W. COTTON. W. . BANS. COTTON & BANC. Attorney's & Connsellorsnt Law, Ml. I'tmon, Ohio. WILLattend to nil business Intrutted to their euro, in any of the Courts. OFFICE, N. E. Cornerof Main and GsribierSts. over Pyle's MerohantTailoring Establishment. Oct. 19th 1858. tf- CORDAGE ROPE, ROPE CORDAGE. Twine, Large and Small, Largo and Small Twine. Rope made of any length of Flax, Manilla or Hemp. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD INFORM THE Mercants, Grocers and all whom it may concern, that be has leased the Mt. Vornon Rope Works of U. B. Arnold, Esq., and inteuds to oarry on the business in all its branches. Orders acoompanied with the cash, tarntitly se-licited and promptly attondod to. no 19 '61 3m CHARLES CURTIS. " D. O. MONTGOMERY, 4II0RS1Y kl UW BOOTH BUILDING- OVER MUSIC STORE-Mount Vernon. Ohio. Speoial attontion Riven to tho Collecting of Ciiiims, and the purohase and sale of ronl Estate. I havo for sale unimproved Innds as follows, 040 acres ia Osage County, Missouri, 605 acres in Warren County.Minsnurt, S02 acres in St; Fran-TO1S County, Missouri, also 125 aoroa and one 40 acre lot io Hardin County, Ohio, and 83acrosin Mercer County, Ohio. March l.'59,16-tf. BOOTS & THE undersigned respectfully tenders h'u thanks for the patronage bestowed upoi. tiim In the Buckingham corner, and would inform the public that hohas removed his stock to the UANiMlJMU 1H1L.UIIXU; few doors south of the Kcnynn Homo. He has just opened a lot of choice goods, purchased directly from the manufacturers, which he will warrant to customers. Among bis new stock will be found iiadiasCongressand Lace Gaiters, of Lasting and Kid ; Misses and Children's Gaiters; Men and Hoys Congress Gaiters, Oxford Tios, Calf, Kid and Enamelled Brogans &0..&0. Callandseo NAT MoGIFFIN Nov'48. n52, . DR. D. M'BRIAR, WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE oitisens of Mt. Vernon; Ohio, and vioinitj, that he has permanently looatcd in Mt Vernon for the purpose of Practicing his Profession in the latest and most substantial styl of the Art; and I would say to those who may favor me with their patronage, that my work shall and will compare both in BEAUTY AND DURABILITY, with any in the State. I would alsosay tothosewho are afflicted with Diseased Mouths, that I am prepared to treat all diseases of the mouth under any form; also, to operate on Hair Lips, singleor double. The best of references can be given. OFFICE Over Russell A Surges' Bank, 3rd ieor below Mr. Sperry's Store, Main Street, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. W. B. RUSSELL WHOLKSALI AND HETAIL DRUGGIST, NO. 1 "BUCIINQHAM'S JMrORlUM," HAIK-BT., MT. VERNON, O., Where may be found a large stock of l)RUOS, MEDICINES, -CHEMICALS. PAINTS, (Dry and in oil,) . . VARNISHES, DYE STUFFS, WINDOW GLAS, PERFUMERV. FANCY SOAPS, TfHT.UT ARTICLES. Ac. o. in short all articles usually kept in a first class Drag mure rarnouir i.l,iiluu . ..j ...... - PpMMvinilnna and FamilV ReoineB. Allarttoles warranted to be as represented and for sale cheap for cash or approved credit. jan3d'81-u9tf W. B. RUS8ELL, THE UNDERSIGNED, resident and practicing Physioianof Knoxoounty for the last twenty years and of the city of Mt. Vernon for the but nine years, proposoi to treat, if called on In the on-et ef the disease, all the various kinds of Fever our ity and vicinity are aubjeot to, auooessiuuy or uu Mh.rva mail. fnr.rvi(.Mnr medicine. AlsoBilirna Colie, Cramp Colic, Diarrhoea,Chol-rs-Infantum,Cronp, Cholera Morbus and Cholera, (it its eason)on the above principle. Diptheria, I putnu or maugnnD. Mire fcoront ; ounriuiiii, flamation of the Langs, Ac., will be treated with laoeeai or no charge. . I Canceri of any kind or description, Cancer Warts Rose Canoer, Nodes, Wens, Moles on the face or neck, Blotches on the face or neck, aay or all of these will be removed without the knife, and eured or no charge made for treatment. Reoent eases of FeloDS cured without laming. Particular attention will be given to all kinds of female diseases or weakues. , Also to the healing of old sores, Ac, Ao. A cure will be guarantied In all cases of the generative o'gans. N.' 8. Private consultations rims and rtrictlt conrmrxTr'Ai. . OFFFICE 0 ' Via wet of Min-t., Mt, ver-or.Ohfo. DR. J. H. OFFICES. Dv21 II l4-li WB ARE PREPARED TO DO AM. XINDS or .IOD 3? IE I H SMUG. NEW GOODS The New Store! G. & W.'D. BROWNING Are just opening an additional stock of NEW AND BEAUTIFUL GOODS Just purchased at the very lowest figures and of tne latest , NEW YORK STYLES, Which they are now prepared to offer their Friends Customers and the public, on tearins as favorable as any House in this section of the country -in this particular tnry ao not xnttnd to to outdont. Among their new stock will be found FRENCH REPS. CASHMIERS, MERINOS, VALKNCIAS, MOHAIRS, DELAINS, FRENCH ENGLISH PRINTS, and a variety of OTHER STYLES OF DRESS UUUUH too numerous to montion. They would also can particular attention to tbeir STOCK OF SHA-WLS, which for their styles and quality, AT THE PRICE are not to be exceeded. They have also a fresh supply of RIBBONS AND DRESS TRIMMINGS. A line assortment of LADIE'S AND CHILDREN'S EOODS. Please call and examine them. For Gentlemen, they hare a good fresh stock of MEN'S WEAR, which for price and quality are not to be beat in tms market, SO THEY THINK! They have also on hand a good stock of LADIE'S. CHIDDREN'3 and GENTLEMEN'S Boots zxnei Shoos of noarly evory kind which they are offering at rery low prieer G. A W. D. BHOWN1NO. Nov. id, ou-nz tt. A GOOD TREE IS KNOWN BY ItS FRUITS ! So is a Good Physician ly hia Suc cessful Works. The roots and the leaves will be for the healing of tho nation B bl;. APPOINTMENTS FOR 1861, '02 ! DR. R. J. LYONS, the eelebratod Indian Herb Dootorcan be consulted at the following places every month during 1861 and 1862. Cleveland Ulhce 182, Superior ntroci, opposite the Post Office. Office d:iys in Cleveland as follows: 1st. 2nd. 15th. 27ih.23lh, 30th and 3lat. Toledo, Collins House, office days 24th, 25th, 26th. Manstlold, American Hotel do 9th and Kith. Mt. Vornon, Konyon Hotel do lltb nml Utti. Newark, Holton Hotel do 13th and 14th. linvennn, Collii;s llouao do 3d and 4th. Akron, Empire House do 5thand6th. wooster, Urandall bx'ge do tin una cm. Elyriu, Hoebe llouao do 16th and 1 7th . Norwalk. Amoricnn House do 18th and 10th. Monroo, Strong Hotel do 20tb and 21st. Adrian, llraoket House do 22d and 23d. Paineavillo, Cowles Houso do 20th. Hif Maxim strictly adhered to I give such balms an have no strife With naturoor the iaws of life, With blood my hands I novor stain, Nor poison men to ease their pain. nE IS A PHYSICIAN INDEED WnO CURES. The Indian Horb Doctor, R.J. Lyons, cures tho following complaints in the moat obstinate stngesof their existence, vn. Disease ni me i nront, iungs, Heart, Liver, Stomach, Dropsy in the Cheat, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Fita, Falling Sickneas, and all other Nervous Derangements. Also all diseases of the Blood, such as Sorofula, brysipolas, Unnoera, Fever Sores, Leprosy and all other complicated chronio complaints. All forms ot female uiuicuutos atteuueu to wna tho happiest results. It is hoped that no one will despair of a cure until th)y have given the Indian Herb Doctor's Medicine a fair and faithful trial. During the Doctor's travels in Europe, West Indies, South America and the United Estates, he boa boen tne instrument in uoa s hand, to restore to health and vigor thousands who were given up and pronounced incurable by the most eminent Old School Physicians; nay more than a thousand who wore at the verv vereo of the grave, are now living monuments of the Indian Herb Doctor's skill and successful trentmont; and are daily exclaiming 'Bloaaed be the day when we first aaw and partook of the Indian Herb Doctor's Medi- oino. Satisfactory reforences of cure will be gladly ana ohoorfully given whenever required. The Doctor pledges bis sacrea wera ana nonor that he will nowise, directly or indirectly induce or cause an v invalid to take his medicines without the strongest probability of a ouro Remember oonsultationana aavice tree. roi-tivelv no natiente examined after sundown. The nnnr ahull ha liberally considered. The Dr. bas just issued a pamphlet containing a brief sketch of bis 1110, siuoy ana travels, wuiuu e.u u. umi u. charge by all who desire one. 1'ostoffloe address, box inn,i;ieTeiann. dec 13 '60 n6-ly R. J. LYONS, M. D. THE UNION WASHING MACHINE. Ah, wonders sure will nevercease, Since works of Art doao increase, No matter whether we've war or peace, Women can now do washing with ease, With Walker's Union Waaher. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECTFULLY aay to the people of Knox and adjoining oonnties. that he has secarei the Agency for the m unnfaAnre and sole of the justly celebrated Washer, patented by Mr. G.Wnlkor ol Erio county, New York, and before taking this mode of presenting whom to the public, has placed them in the handta of those who have given I hem a full and fair trial, and would respectfully call the attention of those deairoua of securing a good Washing Machine to the following testimonial of well known citiiona of this oity and county. We, the uodorsignod, would recommend G. Walker's Union Washer as one of the moat desirable implements of household economy and believe that it stands unequaled for ease of operating , for perfection and expedition in washing, and for the comfort and health of the operator. L. M. Fowler, Robert Watson, Henry Ransom, Mrs. Robert Watson, Mrs. Ellen Ransom. William Bartlett, Dr.Wm. B. Ueardsley, James Staunton, Mrs. Dorcas Beardsley, Mrs. Helen Staunton, W. W. Wade, E.Hildreth, Mrs. Wade, Mra. E. nildreth, Arnold nildreth, Wm. Blair, Mrs. Arnold "ildrotb, Mrs. Wil'iam Blair, George Jackson, Albert Hildreth, Mrs. (ieorge Jackson, Mrs. Albert Hildreth. Dea.E. H. Briggs, Mr. E. II. Briggs, Being fully satisfied that we can beat the world of Washing Machines in washing, and for cheapness and durability, would resnectlullv solicit orders. Call and see our Washers at the Sash Factory of P. C. Lane. CoOlMra, Fonndrv Huildins1. noUtf MU Vernon, Ohio. Webster's ; Dictinary. mnE UNABRIDGED PICTORIAL 1 I is now Issued and oontains many valuable additions and improvements. It ia being adopted for nee all through the schools and colleges nf this country. It Is universally ae-knowlodged the standard among the literary men of the age. More thai an six times as man ef Webster's' Dic tionaries are sold annually as U outer senna com hined. ' M,0"0,00t) periodicals ara annually issued from the press, recognising Webster as their guide iaor-thoerraDhv. The authenticated annual onbllcation tf school books, making Webster their standard, is upward! of lO.UUO.Ooe In tne United bum. Published by Q. H. MERRIAM, Sprtnfleld, Mass MT. VERNON REPUBLICAN THURSDAY APRIL 11. Columbus, April 2, 1861. Mr. Editor: Bj a provision of the onstitutioQ of Ohio, it it made the duty of the Governor, Secretary and AudHor of State, to apportion the State, for mem- bera of the General Assembly, every ten yeare, after the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one. The manner in whioh it is done is by dividing the whole number of inhabitants of the State, by the number thirty-flve, the remainder being the Senatorial ratio, the fourths of which en-titles a district to one Senator. The sev enteenth dutrict which is formed of Knox and Morrow falls below the requisite num ber or a Senator. In such oase the Constitution provides that the district shal be attached to the adjoining district having the lowest number of inhabitants. The twenty-eightb district whioh is form ed oi wayne and Holmes has the next lowest number of inhabitants, and the result is that the Knox and Morrow, and the Wayne and Holoces districts, will be thrown together, and thus form a new Democratic Senatorial district. By the above statement it will be seen that the Constitution work well for its friends, and to those who would like to see Republican principles prevail in our Senatorial district, the new arrangement will not be very gratifying, especially just on the eve of a dissolution of our partnership with "benighted Holmes," in congressional matters. "But what cannot be cured must be endured.' A Democratic Legislature or Democratic Slate officers could undoubtedly get along with the matter if they were in our difficulty, by passing a Goverhor or a Cincinnati Penes dill, or something of the kind, by which they could quietly get upon the other side ot the Constitution. W. B. 00X. From the Christian Press. A MOTUER'S STRANGE LOVE. During the winter of 1856, the extreme cold threw a solid bridge over the Ohio, from lis sou'ee to us mouth. Many a poorsliive regarding this as a god send eeenped to the Northern side ot' the riv er. .Numbers lound their way to Canada. oi hers, after suffering from cold, fatigue and hunger, were compelled to commit their story to those who knew no pity, and were lorced back to th') house of bondage, while others sti'l were arrested at the commencement of their journey. One cold but lovely morninir, just be fore the rising of the sun, a span of horses with a sli i(? h, were seen rapidly approach ing the river, nearly opposite the city of Cincinnati. On reaching the bank the horses were tied, and in a few moments eight persons were standing on the icy bridge, as it doubting what course to fol low. They were lugitives. There stood old Simon and Mary, his wife, their locks whitened by the snows of more than three score winters. They were godly souls. belonging to the Methodist church. Be side them stood their son Simon, and Margaret, his wife, Margaret's two boys aged eight and six years, while she held by one hand her beautiful girl three years old, and with the otherjpressed to her bosom a babe. Two hundred church spires of the adj icent city proclaimed its inhabitants to be the followers of Him who pities the poor, but they inspired nc confidence in tne bosoms of the fugitives. With haty steps and beating hearts they crossed west ol the city, and entered the cottage of a poor colored man. He knew tbeir errand, and as they entered said: "I am soi ry to see you; I can afford you do protection." Simon and Margaret replied, "We will protect ours. Ives we will die rather than return to slavery." They had been discovered while cross. ing the river, and in a few moments peo pie of the lower Bort began to gather around the house. Simon and his. son secured, as well as they could, the doors and windows; old Mary poured out her heart in prayers and tears to the blessed Master in Heaven, who, she said, "would do all things well;" while Margaret sat, with a boy on either side, pressing her two daughters to her throbbing heart. The noisy mob increased without, receiving continual acce-sions from the city. Vainly they strove to gain admittance by the door or windows. Wherever they ap peared, Simon or his son met them with the instruments ol death in hand, decmr ing that death was pref tt le to slavery. In the space ot two houie Hundreds sur rounded the 1 ttle cottage with yells and threats, but still the fugitive kept them at b-iy. But now the owner of the slaves appeared, accompanied by the officers of law. Urders were given to beat in tne doors and windows. This was done by forcing heavy pieces of timber against them. Kesistance was vain, ibe moo rushed towards their prey like hungry wolves. The father and son were disarm d. Among the foremost was the slave holder: and when Margaret saw him she exclaimed, "Yes, yes, you have us,' 'and irstantiy seising a knile, with the quirk- ness of lightning, the steel passed across the throat of her lovely daughter, nearly severing the head from the body, she cast her bleeding form at her master's feet, and again the bloody knife wasdrawn across the throat of her eldest son, and ia a deSperat effoit to inflict a deah wound on her sleeping b-be, the knife was wrested from her hand. In a few moments th seven survivors wereplacel in a wagon, and the corpse of the child laid at its mother's feet. The wagon was now driven to the city, accompanied by the government officials, surrounded by a noisy moo. By the interposition of friends, their trial was protracted for many days, dur ing which time I often visited them In jail. Here for the most part, Margaret sat in silence; yet when kindly addressed, spoke freely of her conduct. 1 said, "Margaret, yours has been a seal life, but how could you so cruelly murder your little child! ' bhe answered. "I only wish I had kill ed them all. I had rather kill them with my own hands than suffer tbem to be come what I am a sla.v I" "But don't you love your children?" "Love them? yes. It waa because I loved them that I wished them dsad Oh I you should have seen the little one before it died I Sue was so pretty! loved her best and so I killed ber first; for I thought, 'she shall never be a slave wife nor a slave mother.' I do wish I could have killed tbem all." Then gating upon her infant daughter, she said: "This one shall never be a slave wife. Wives should be faithful to their husbands, mothers should work for their own children. I am a wif-, but I cannot be faithful to my husband. That depends on my master and other white men. I am a mother but all my hard work is for my master's children. I am a wife and mother, and yet I am no wile or mother, only a slave. Ho, my dnughter shall never be what I am. I had rather lay them in their gaves. "But, Margaret,' I said, "you should have trusts j in the Lord Jesus, his reli gion would have enabled you to endure all things." "she said, "I know nothing about the rd Jesus. His religion never did any thing for me. White people all" around me w re Christians. I suppose they have got religion; but just say, what good has their religion done me what good would it have done to my children?" "But M trgaret, the Lord Jesus tasted death for every man, He loves the slave as well as the free. He has no respect of persons. He would pardon all your sins." I shall never forget the expression of her countenance, as she fixed her eyes on me, and with a smile of contempt said: "My mistress was a Christian; all around me were Christians, yet I had rather be in the grave than in their hands 1 I loved my huiband and my children; and what better can a slave mother do for those she loves thau to make them free? My little daughter is free I made hei free?" Then pressing her infant closer to her bosom, she s iU: "An this one shall be freel" The Court finnlly decided that the olJ man and his praying wife, their son and Margaret, their little boys and helpless babe, were slaves by the constitution and laws of this Christian land, and they were all returned to the house of bondage in Kentucky. Sjon they were separated. The old couple were bereaved ol their childien. the voun? husband and wife were taken from each other, and each from their boys. Margaret alone, with the babe still pressed, to her bosom, was seut down the river for sale. Before reaching tho Mississippi, the boat on which she was embarked sunk. Margaret went down with the boa', the babe still pressed to her bosom. The mother arose to the surface, and was witu difficulty rescued, but not till her babe was made free. H. a. Cases of Longevity-Many remarkable instances of long life have been mentioned by the press lately, but, if ancient authorities are reliable, we are far behind them in cases of unusual bngevity. One account mentions ninety- six deaths in Great Britain, of which 14 were of the age of 120 years; 89 aged about 125; 35 of the age of 136, and 20 who reached 148 years. Seven others are mentioned, whose lives ranged from 150 to 175 years. A mulatto man, "in Fredricktown, America," lived 180 years. But Miffeus whu wrote a history of the Indies, carries off the palm in this respect. He mentions the east of a native of Ben gal, named Mumas de Cugna, who died in 15C6 aged 370. This man was a liv ing history; bis memory retaining a minute record of his whole life. He bad four successive sets of teeth; his hair repeatedly changed from black to gray and lie had several huudred wives, Irom brst to last, it win De long probably, beiore we shall emulate the case of de Cugna, even in the mailer of wives Another case will oe interesting to Mr. vegetable and fruit philosopher Martin. It is that of Philip de Vitre, a wealthy citizen of Picardy, in France, who lived to the advanced age of 99 years. For the last fifty years of his liie he liye.l udou bread and water. He allowed bira self but half a pound of bread, or hard baked rye biscuit, and a pint ol water ner dav. taking one part at noon ana tne other at midnight. He took only six hours sleep during the twenty-four, and this on a hard board, without bedding. He walked two hours per day, and gave the rest of his time to solitary study. He in ennui v eccentric in bis drrss; and upon the whole was a queer old quis more to be wondered at than imitated. Brooding on Ons Thought. If you think long and deeply upon any subject, it grows in apparent magnitude and weight; if yo I think of it loo long, it may grow big enough to exclude the thought of all things besides. It it be an existing and prevalent evil you are thinking of, you may come to ancy that if that one thiug were done away, it would : be well with the human race all evil would sto with it. I can conceive lh process by which, without roams, wunoui anytning worse than the workable unsoundness of tht practically sound mind, ene might come to thinb, aa the man wbo wrote against stopping thought. For luvself, I feat the force of this law ski cWdIv. that there are certain evils ol which I am afraid t think tnuo i, for fear I . u. .t,,. . ,..inb ' wolhinir ,iM H(j nothing more. Franr. Magazine, Emancipation of the Russian Serfs. The St. Petersburg correspondent of It. XT-J ? r i r, i mo num, writing on tne zotn oi reo u-Hry gives the following account of the final settlement of this measure of vast progress: The Council of the Empire held its last sitting to-day on the question of the emancipation of the serfs. The Emperor spoke at considerable length. Other speeches were made, amongst others i remarkable one by Prince Paul Gaga garine, A decision was adopted by a con siderable majority, to the following intent: "Personal liberty is accorded to the serf; all relations between proprietors and peasants cease at once. The latter are to receive as their own property the bouse they live in, and the kitchen and garden belonging to it. As regards the alottment (nadiel) ef the arable land, the Council of the Empire has accepted the settlement ot one-fourth of the allotment Brat fixed by the Committee on the Report, according to the different governments, or from one to two dessiatines per head '' A little explanation is necessary. The Committee on the Report had proposed to allow to the peasants a certain amount of arable land amounting, according to the districts to from three to eight dessiatines, at a fixed price determined by the committee in the dnft. The Committee admitted in principle that the peasants that were to be liberated and endowed are all cultivators is fat from forming the totality of the serfs. A great number of them are occupied in different trades, and it would be hard upon them to compel them to purchase a considerable quantity of arable land belonging to the lan led proprietor. It is, morover, very difficult to ascertain at once the exact number of cultivators in Russia, the greatest portion of the landed property being administered by means of the obrok that is to say, a fixed rent paid by the peasants. It is only where the system of corvee ( bar- stchina) prevails that the peasant is compelled to be cultivator, becaus" he is obliged himself to cultivate tht land of his proprietor. How the labor of the Russian peasant will henceforth be divided, has still to be seen; but it would be very useless, , even dangerous, in regard to the expansion of the productive reso rces of Russia, to settle everything beforehand. These are about the reasons which actuated the uiuncii to decide that the allotment at a fixed price shall ouly extend to one quarter of the oblig tory purobaie-land determined by the Committee on the repoit and that if the peasants are desirous of cultivating larger tracts of land on their own account, they must come to a private agreement on the subject with their former proprietdrs. Thus has been resolved, if not in a perfect manner and there is nothing perfect in this world at leatt in a possible and practical manner, the great question of emancipation, which has for 'years held the wole country iu puspense. The modi fixations made in the original projects are of a nature to conciliate (he susceptibilities as well as the intetests of the t vocals-sea concerned, which it was most important to seperate without making them ad Versanes. The Imperial manifesto is already in the printer's hands, and some 100,000 copies will be issued throughout the differ ent printing omces, under the especial suporintendence of the Minister of Justice, Ihe proclamation of the emancipation will however, not be made on the 3d of March, as announced. It would not be prudent to proclaim "individual liberty" without at the same time explaining the conditions upon which it is granted. At all events, the delay will only be for a few weeks or days, during which time the Carnival will be ov r. at which period the Russian peas-tnt is not remarkable for exemplary sobriety. It will be, therefore, at the commencement of High Lent that the Imperial manifesto will be issued. It is, in fact, the most proritious moment for the publication of a decree of this importance.Marriage of a Beautiful English Heir ess to anOmmDus uonauoior. Miss Margaret Lea Bevan, a young lady f great beauty and influential connections has brousrht a singular suit for divorce be' fore the English Courts. Shu rnvs that a certain do facto nnr ri ge into which she hrd enti r 'd on the Vi Oi May, I8SB, may De declared nun ana void, on the ground that the license was obtained by fraud. Miss Lea Bevan waa the daughter of a surgton in extensive practice, and living at a place called Clay on Lodje, in the ptr'nh of Childwall, near Liverpool. The repondent. named McMahon, hart represented himself as a clerk, but was in faet, a conductor of an omnibus, between Childwall and Liver pool. In this omnibus it appeared Miss Bevan had occasionally ridden, and she had bad a few interviews with Mr McMahon, but there is no reason to thint that she knew much about him, or that she had evor had any aff'etion for him at all. Yet it was an undoubted fact that she had consented to a marriage with him on two conditions first, that it should be clandestine, and, secondly, that he should not live with her till after an interval of two years. The evidence introdoced substantiatf-d the above facts, but it appeared that the fair p'aintiff hers If was a party to the fraud, which waa the giving of wrong names and wrong places of residence, in obtaining a license. The presiding judije expressed the opinion that no relief could be granted, but said he would hear what the defense bad to say before giving a decision. 8sATom from California On the 20th ult., Joseph A.McDougal was declar. ed elected 8enatorbythe California Legislators, and was awarded a certificate of election, Afterwards the Clerk discover- ed that he lacked one vote of being elect- ed. The matter will be investigated. Another Infamous Peraeoutton A Journalist Expeiled From New Or. leans After Three MonthsImprisonment. Another striking example of the spirit which animates the secession chivaly at the South, has just come to our know ledge. Mr.VAuTuua Kobimsoh, a native of the north of Ireland, and a gentleman of great intelligence find respectability, was engaged in publishing a Presbyterian paper in ssem urieans, entitled "The True Witness." Mr. Robinson had been for sev eral yeais a resident of the Crescent City having gone there from Cincinnati. He was pursuing the even tenor of his way attending to bis legitimate business, when on the SOth ol .November last, he was suddenly arrested at Ihe instance of the "Vigilance Committee." and brought before the Mayor, oh the vague enarge of being an"abolilionist." Having been ao customed to speak his opinions freelv about slavery during his long residence in New Orleans, and never having been disturbed, he was much outraged by this proceeding. He told the Mayor frank' that be was conscientiously opposed to slavery, and in favor ot emancipation wherever it could be effected. The May or consigned him to the city prison not, however, before one of the Vigilance Com mittee had declared, in the Very presence ot that lunctionary, "If be goes out on St. Charles street, I'll shoot him down myself." ihe Mayor also ordered his house to be searched, which was done, and all his writings and papers taken possession of. Lbe Grand Jury, after he had been incar cerated some lime, without process, and on mere arbitrary suspicion, at length found an ind;ctment against Mr. Robinson containing several counts. Among these was "using language calculated to excite discontent among free people of color, and insubordination among slaves." Another was having in bis possession a book entitled 'Barneb' Scriptural Views on Slavery.' Still another was having in his possession a scrap book, containing incendiary selec tion from the New York Independent, among others Batabd Taylor's lettei to a Richmond Lecture Co nmittee, and WiiiTTisa's poem on John Brown, which, by the way, condemns all violence in the attempt to enfranchise the slave. Mr. Kobtnson was detained in jail for 106 days the first offense charged not being bailable aa it is a capital crime by tho Code Noir of Louisiana. He was subjected during all this peroid, to the insults and derision of a ruffianly j tilor, and of many of the criminals who were inmates of the prison. The keeper of the prison dequeni y told him he hoped he should kave the pleaiuteol hanging him or seeing him hung 1 At length Mr. Robinson was brought before Judge Hunt, of Ihe Criminal Court, a former member ol Congress, and a man of high character and moderate views, under whose discretion the Attorney General entered a nolle prosequi in his case, there bing several informalities in the indictment. It was made a condition of his release, that he should leave tne city within twenty four hours. He willingly did so on the 12th iust., and reached Cincinnati about a week alterwards. During his long incarceration, his family were left sompara-lively unprovided for, and but for the kindness of his friends would have fared very hardly. Mr. Robinson was a benefactor to the city, having labored several summers daring the prevalence of the epidemio in caring for the sick, and been entrusted with the distribution of large sums raised by charitable agencies for their relief. He is a practical printer, about 40 years of age, and we learn it is bis intention to remain in our city with a view of going into business in that line. His integrity and reliability are vouch ed for by Rev. W. S. Kennedy, pastor of the 3d Presbyterun Cburoh, who has known him for some years, and we have moreover, the corroboration of the New Orleaus press to the statements as to Mr. Robinson's arrest, incarceration, and final discbarge. A "Word of Warning. In a sermon delivered at Charleston, by Rev. C. 0. Piuokney, and just published by request, with the sugifeanve title of ''Nebuchadnezzar's Fault and Fall," this striking pacsage occurs: "Let ua not rest our hopes upon identity of institutions in ths S juthoru States. Sla very is itself no bond of Union. It has be come so with us, simply as the result of out ward pressure. The Laaluean monarchy, Ihe Roman empire, the Greek republics, the South American states, were all slavehold-mg countries. But they have all fallen to pieces notwithstanding, Of itself, it is a more rope ol sand, with no more power, politically, than any other recognised relationship. Lot us not repose on our agricultural staples. Cotton is the king whom commerce now worships. But its reign m.y pass away like other human soeptres. It la not now more firmly established ia its supremacy than Nebuchadnezzar i was in his. Suddenly as the ancient monarch was hu led from his seat the dotninaul staple may be from its commercial throne. Sixty or seventy years since indigo was the produce of Southern fields, and c-itton scares lv grown. Seventv years hence gome other culture may supplant this as it has - up-planted tha former production, aud more remunerative labor may fill its place. These are the two human props it nun which tha southern mind is now i.m, lhi! in lean, instead of nDon the eternal God- They are the archss upon which pride is resting our political house But they will sink beneath the euperinoamtwnt weight, like the arches in the walls ol Uaby Ion." "Biy," said an ill-tempored old fellow to a noUy lad, "what are you hollering for when I go by?" "Huniphl" returned ihe pert boy, "what are you going by for when I am hol laring!" ATitusvlle repon says lhre is a big well there which runs steadily for six hours every day xxckpt Sunday, but will not run on tha dav. Ul course our read ers will believe th story. Confession of a Kurderer-Att Innocent Man Hung. On Monday night last, a negro, named George Orem, died at bis house, on Union, between Pennsylvania avenue and Ross street Previous to bis death he marU confession acknowledging that he was a murderer, and stated that an innocent mad suffered death for bis crime. He confessed that he murded the negro King, and that the negro Cyphus. who was bung ss the guiity party, was entirel the crime. Orem was attacked with sickness some few weeks since, and continued to grow worse until Monday night, when it became evident that be must die, During his illness he appearej muck disturbed in mind, and when he found that be would surely die, he called some friends near him, and made hit confession. At (he time the murder took place Orem was engsged in selling oysters through the ' city, and King was in his .employ. The day previous Orem had a quarrel with King, and the former then determined to take the latter'a life. Orem was also en-i gaged In butchering, and was in the habit of carrying bis butcher-knife in a docIm et on the back part of bis pantaloons. On the night of the murder he placed his knife a mis pocicet and started for the house in Wagon alley, where the tragedy was en. acted. When the difficulty commenced, Orem seised the first opportunity to plunge the butober-knife into the heart of Rinov killing him instantly. He then made his escape. Ihe negro Cyphus was arrested on the charge of committing the murder. rom tne moment oi bis arrest to the minute previous to his execution, he denied his guilt. The evidence on the trial that of Bgroes only. One of the witness. es, known as "Topsy.'who tar the nur- uer sommitted, staled that Cyphus was not the man who did it. The same statement which she gave before the jury she made on the night of the murder to several persons who conversed with her. She described the murderer as a bl ck man, heavily built. All the other testimony, howarero pointed to Cyphus as the perpetrator of the murder. Ihe girl Toosv was weak minrl. d, and by some considered insane. Her recollection or events proved bad, and the only thing she could remember and state wim distinctness, was the a?t of stabhino-. Her testimony was cast aside s unworthv of belief. Sue was a prostitute, and waa in company iih a negro on her way to King's house. The negro denied being in the vicinity of the murder at the time it waa committed, and a few minutes before he ascended the scaffold, remarked to the writer of this artiole thai he was innocent ' f the charge, and a few Tears wouUnrovaa his innjcenoa. His statement has proved to ue true, ana mere is now no doubt that he suffered dta h for a crimd which he never committed. Orem the murderer, died on Monday night, and the body bas been buried. Previous to his death he stated that he had been much harrassed since he committed the deed. He was unable to sleep, and it was only when he was wearied out with toil, and in some instances after several nights of restless wakefulness, that he was enabled to sleep. Even then, he asserted, he was afflicted with horrible di earns, in which the tragedy would be reenacted, and he would fuffer the pains of death for the crime. The imarre of his murdered victim followed him wherever he went, day and night, and no doubt to a considerable degree hastened his deatb. Baltimore Exchange. Death of Judge MoLean Hon. John McLean, one of ihe Justices' of the United States, died at Cincinnati on the 4th inst., at ihe advanced age of seventy -six years. Judge McLean was born in Morris county, N. J.,, March 11th, 1785. In 1799 his parents settled in what is now Warren county, Ohio, where his father resided till his death, 40 years later. At :he age of iu years ins son John Degan the study of the law at Cincinnati, under (be tutelage of Arthur St. Clair, son of tho distinguished General of that name, supporting himself wh':s a student by writing in the County Clerk's office. in 1 8U7 he was admitted to the bar and commenced practicing at Lebanon, Warren County. In 1812 be was elected to represent his dikt ici in Congress, and a 1814 was unanimously re-elected, receiving the vote of every voter that went to the polls. He declined to be candidate fer U. S. Senator in 1815, though Ids election would have been certain, and the year following was unanimovsly chosen' Supreme Judge of Ohio, by the Legislature, which position be held until 1822, when be was appointed Commissioner of the General Land Officeby President Mon' roe. In 1833 he was chosen Post Master - General, and brought order and efficiency out of confusion and inefficiency. Judge McLean was ollered the war and navy departments by Gen. Jackson, in 1829. whioh he refused. In the same year he was appointed Judge of the Uni.ed States Supreme Court, entering upon bis duties in January, 1830. He has conse quently been on the United States Supreme enoh over thirty one yeara. Thouvh of late years neoessarilr xeluded from active particpation in current politics, Judge McLean has been known to heart ily ampalnis in the Kepubliosn movement In 1866, at the Pniladeiptiia Convention, he was ene of Col. Fremont's ebief competitors, receiving 190 votes. lie also received several votes in ths Chicago Con' vention. f Judge McLeafl was t profound jurist, cilisea h'ghly esteemed for his excellent sooial qualnee, and an exemplary Christian. 0. S. Journal. . A fouNO gentleman who had just married a little undersized beauty, says she wou'd have b?en ta'ler, but tht is made of Such precious mttariaU that Nature could not aff jrd it.